oh holy hell.. i have the worst car trouble the last two weeks... its insane. you take a car in for a routine maintenance procedure and the next thing you know they've fucked something up...
i don't know much about cars but i know that when it says in the manual and there's a big fuckin sticker under the hood that says "use dexcool coolant only" that it is probably a good idea to stick with the orange stuff... but of course the asshats at precision tune can't read so they just put in the regulat old green stuff... they practically had to move the sticker to get to the tank to pour in the other antifreeze. of course they told us they were trying to help us b/c dexcool is more expensive, causes problems, etc. etc. like we didn't know any of this stuff... really they just don't keep dexcool stocked and knew we'd take it elsewhere if we gave them the option... i hate them
anyways, so i have broken down four times in the past two weeks... two on the same day though so maybe those don't count... so three separate times in the past two weeks i've been stranded on the side of the highway. and this last time was at midnight when it was below freezing and my cellphone was dead and right after i'd spent all day outside watching a friend replace my water pump and thermostat for me to save me from the stupidity and overpricing of idiot mechanics... so i was just drivin down the road and all of a sudden the battery light came on... then i blink and it overheated in about 3 seconds.. just shot up... so i swerve in front of a huge semi to get to the side and realize my power steering is out... i'm glancing behind me sure that something had just fallen off my car becasue we'd forgotten some screw or other part... shit shit shit...
so yeah, cold, alone, dead cellphone, no fuckin clue, and scared of being kidnapped/raped/shot/stabbed/poisoned/robbed and i don't want to get out of the car i just want it to cool down so i can actually open my door and get out and look around without my door or random appendage being taken off by the semis speeding by at 80 mph five feet away... i just wanted to cry...
but i'm a strong independant woman who watched three guys work on my car all day long and i couldn't crumble... i did the only thing i could do... grabbed a hat from the back, shoved all my hair under it so i didn't look so girly and waited til noone was comin to get around to the front and look under the hood... couldn't see shit so i figured i'd just put more coolant in... was shakin so bad (scared and freezing) that i spilled, but got lots in.... waited another min thinking someone heard my silent plea and just knew i'd broken down and were comin to save me, then got goin again... got ten feet and was thinkin, alright... then it did the same thing all over again... so i floored it to the exit 200 yards away and just prayed...
thankfully no cars were coming so i was able to actually shoot right off the exit and diagonally across the road without any of that silly turn signal, lane or actual turning crap... under the lights of the gas station i took one look and could see the big belt (which i learned yesterday is the serpentine belt) was definately not lookin like it did when i left so there was the problem... and i was stuck. after huey and jay got over to help me we all just sat there and kinda stared going, man, this sucks... we were about to call one of those 24hour mobile mechanics when this guy just shows up and is all like having trouble? oh, serpentine belt... yeah, i can put that on for you and wham bam (okay, an hour later) with us all pushin and pulling and using a tiny ass flashlight we got it back on and were on our way. the guy asked for $20 so he could call a ride home because he was stuck there so i gave him $40... i'd never been happier to give anyone money in my life...
so anyways, hopefully after all of this the car is mostly fixed... with party comin up this weekend and all the driving i'm kinda scared... i don't want it breakin down on me anytime this week on the way to work or anything but i also need to test it... i guess i'll do that thursday and just marta it tomorrow... i'm just not ready for anymore standin on the road yet... i need at least 48 hours for my windburned face to recooperate... damn.
oh holy hell.. i have the worst car trouble the last two weeks... its insane. you take a car in for a routine maintenance procedure and the next thing you know they've fucked something up...